Tikhon Dzyadko
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia), Fine
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2026-05-12
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel. In April 2025, it became known that he was put on a wanted list.
In July 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against him for spreading "fakes" about the Russian army with a hate motive and evading the duties of a "foreign agent". The charge of "fakes" is related to certain publications about the Russian army's crimes against civilians in Ukraine.
In 2023-2025, Dzyadko was fined three times in administrative cases for failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent".
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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